This guest post is by Ali Luke of Aliventures. Maybe you’ve written guest posts, but they’ve been turned down. Maybe you don’t feel brave enough to target a big blog, because you’re afraid of rejection. You might see names popping up around the blogosphere with guest posts everywhere: I remember ...more

This guest post is by Darya Pino, Ph.D of Summer Tomato. Three months ago I started charging $10 to consider guest blog post submissions, and it changed my life. Not only did it clear out many of the most annoying emails in my inbox, it elevated the quality of posts ...more

by Kelly Diels and Dave Doolin In the ancient world of print publications – for example, in any academic or professional journal – when you send an article to the editor, you receive an acknowledgment of receipt. Scratch that. In any time – past, present, future – professional publications (print and ...more

One of the biggest challenges for a new bloggers starting out in an established niche is to find a way to stand out from the crowd and find their first readers. Without existing profile and/or credibility – getting those first readers can be very tough. To combat this a few ...more

a guest post by Larry Brooks of Storyfix.com 10.      This is a huge community.  As in, ginormous.  Literally four corners of the world, anyplace with digital cable and a Fed Ex partner.  Which means my frequently sarcastic American humor doesn’t always play places like Klagenfurt and rural Kirgizstan. 9.        Online ...more

Image by kwerfeldein In a session I did with Brian Clark at Third Tribe last week Brian made the statement – Guest Posting is the New Article Marketing. In days gone by the way one of the best ways to build a website’s ranking in search engines and to pull ...more

guest post by Kelly Diels I’m not a huge fan of arguments based on evolutionary psychology. They tend to justify the status quo, much of which is “status unacceptable” to me. They tend to explain social injustices and systemic discrimination as, oh that’s just the way we are. That’s evolution. That’s ...more

OK – this is a competition that is only for those attending Blog World Expo (please don’t comment below if you’re not attending). I know that excludes most readers but I hope we can include everyone a little by posting some pictures of the event. The prize is a free ...more

Here are a few quick tips on how not to approach guest posting if you’re looking to have a post published on someone else’s blog. They come from my own recent experience of interacting with a number of bloggers approaching me to write on my blogs. I should note the ...more